Tag: School abduction

Niger: 15 kidnap victims of Islamic school outwit captors, escape from forest stronghold

Aminu Imam

No fewer than fifteen people recently kidnapped by bandits in Tegina town, Niger State, at the weekend have escaped from their captors. The 15 were among the adults abducted along with the 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamic School more than two weeks ago. Recall that it was reported that after their abduction, the adults were separated from the children and taken into Zamfara forests while the children were kept in another location yet unknown. It was reliably learnt that on Friday night, the 15 victims managed to open…

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Insecurity: Kebbi shuts 7 schools three days after abduction of students

Aminu Imam

Kebbi State governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has directed indefinite closedown of frontline schools, following the abduction of 110 students and staff of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, on Thursday. Chairman of the State chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers, ( NUT), Isah Arzika, who confirmed the governor’s directive yesterday. Recall that the bandits attacked the school on Thurdsay afternoon and took away the students and staff, and killing a policeman in the process. The State government’s Joint Security Task Force, comprising the military and other security agencies, has so far…

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Just In: 15 kidnap victims of Niger Islamic school outwit captors, escape from forest stronghold

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 15 people recently kidnapped by bandits in Tegina town, Niger State, at the weekend have escaped from their captors. The 15 were among the adults abducted along with the 156 pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamic School more than two weeks ago. Recall that it was reported that after their abduction, the adults were separated from the children and taken into Zamfara forests while the children were kept in another location yet unknown. It was reliably learnt that on Friday night, the 15 victims managed to open…

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Kebbi College attack: ‘Some students, teachers have been rescued’ – Gov. Bagudu

Aminu Imam

The Kebbi State government says some of the students and teachers kidnapped from the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, have been rescued. The State governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this in a communique issued late yesterday. According to Governor Bagudu, the security to life and property of the citizenry remain the utmost priority of his administration. Bagudu further stated that a premium has been placed on the provision of logistics and the necessary equipment to security agencies to waging total war against banditry and all acts of criminality until normality and…

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Abducted Kebbi student shot dead

Aminu Imam

…”Attackers are not Nigerians”, says student  One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State, on Thursday has been shot dead during a gun duel between soldiers and the abductors. The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West zone, Air Commodore Abubakar AbdulKadir, confirmed this to reporters in Zamfara State yesterday. According to him, four students and a teacher were rescued during the operation. “In the early hours of this morning, we have come across the kidnappers. They came to our blocking…

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Breaking! Abducted Kebbi student shot dead

Aminu Imam

One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, on Thursday has been shot dead during a gun duel between soldiers and the abductors. The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West Zone, Air Commodore Abubakar AbdulKadir, confirmed this to reporters in Zamfara State on Friday. According to him, four students and a teacher were rescued during the operation. “In the early hours of this morning, we have come across the kidnappers. They came to our blocking point, and we engaged…

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Kebbi: Bandits invade FGC, Birnin-Yauri, abduct female students

Aminu Imam

…Police launches manhunt for abductors Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State and abducted an unspecified number of female students. Details of the incident are still sketchy but according to reports, a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said to have stormed the school from neighbouring Rijau Forest in the early hours of yesterday. They were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school. The Kebbi State Police Command said its…

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Just In! Bandits invade Kebbi school, abduct female students

Aminu Imam

Armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi State and abducted a yet-to-be specified number of female students. Details of the incident are still sketchy but according to reports, a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said to have stormed the school from neighbouring Rijau Forest in the early hours of Thursday. They were said to have overpowered the mobile policemen guarding the school. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, is yet…

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Niger: Abductors of Islamic schoolchildren raise ransom from N110m to N200m

Aminu Imam

The bandits that abducted the Islamiyya students in Niger State have upped their demand for ransom money for the release of the 156 students in their custody to N200 million. Recall that on May 27, bandits attacked Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school in Tegina town, Rafi LGA, and abducted several schoolchildren. On Wednesday, the bandits demanded N110 million ransom for the kidnapped pupils. However, the situation has taken a new dimension as the bandits have now raised their demand to N200 million. According to the school head-teacher and a parent of…

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Just In: Gunmen hijack school bus in Akure, Ondo State

Aminu Imam

There is panic among parents today, as some gunmen this morning hijacked a school bus in Oba-ile Estate, in Akure-North local government area of Ondo State, abducting one person who was on duty to convey children to school. According to reports, the incident, which occured around 6:45am while the driver and the attendant were moving round to pick the pupils of Chimola School, which is situated inside the estate, to their school. A source in the school explained that the gunmen, numbering about eight who were on motorcycles, rounded the…

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